Control panel for foundation garments



B. J. DOWD CONTROL PANEL FOR FOUNDATION GARMENTS Sept. 16, 1952 FiledJuly 26, 1951 312mm JoHN mm INVENT'D'K m M1 &.

A GENTS Patented Sept. 16, 1952 cam minnows. Fitzroy, eanu -(m t ri tsteiie Application July 26,1951,

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This invention relates to foundat on gfi-r lkfimd such aspanties,corselettes, girdles and .131 like and of the type having.attubular .trunk'ensagin 'bodylcom'posed .of elastic fabric stretchablewhen worn. to .conform .to and yieldably l ppq l 12 1 trunk orbody ofthe wearer.

n It is custormary to manufacture permanently tubular garments ,of51711.8 above charact r air m conventional two waystretch fabric, ie-..ifahric providing .a principalstretch .Widlihhhdfl fillistantiallyreduced. or

limited .strctchfin-denthnil the garment, .and .thetinvention isparticularly related to garments of the type specified and fabricated ofsuch material.

Hitherto in the manufacture .of such foundai c s men -a Q iF1Q?1b1F;nPl?f% ;Qf -.mfi of construction have been propos d and emplojyedto provide abdominalcontrol andfigure correction by the use ofreinforcing panels in the body of the garment. 'i

These panels have .incertaintknowmconstrllctions of" the garments -beenvreinforced ;wi:th bones,-tapes-or other memberswhich contributed verymaterially'to the cost.ofgproductiongofithe garments due to theunavoidable machining operations and the general complex construction ofthe complete garment consequent upon the inclusion of said panels. v

Now the principal objective of the instant invention is to provide, in afoundation garment, a figure or abdominal control panel in the tubulartrunk engaging body thereof, having the characteristics of simplicity inconstruction with attendant economy in production whilst effecting whenworn by the wearer an efficient yieldable support for the abdominalregion and particularly the lower abdomen so as to impart theappearanceof figure normality to the wearer.

This principal objective is achieved according to this invention in afoundation garment of the type specified by a body constructed ofelastic fabric and having a front panel of double thickness comprised oftwo sections of the fabric so disposed that the courses of the elasticyarn of the respective sections are oppositely inclined whereby aninward pressure'and upwardly directed pull are exerted upon a wearer'sabdominal region for figure correction.

The accompanying drawings depict a practical arrangement of the figurecontrol panel in a girdle, constructed in accordance with the invention.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the girdle partly in section toillustrate the two overlapped sections forming the figure control panel.

th ex eric and iinte id th irdl il st ate ,spns t s with th unk i. t e.ab om na s iQnrammati a lrb xthebos vt is vcur ents li tr ue".w th. v.endst ormed br-tw ng larl l i F1 te mi a -por i n J 5 Serial No. 238,640

, ,2' Eiaure a angal ri te is a fa ,Eigure gl a plan 0 th n F. ternfrom' which the girdle ill in the Referring now to the accom t bula 19911.? 25 sta es to 1. 1 ali around the girdle il st edi .1,longitudinally in the blank or pattern i -.4,-

.Be e rin to -.-F 4= he blank e r um i9? cut Qmhan d i a sets-ta v, eeepti n t e h lan a .8a steintions la and 8a being extended from theupper side 9 and the portions 11) and 811 from the lower side in of theblank or pattern.

In completing the tubular body 5 from the shaped blank, the angular ends'|a8 are drawn together and assembled in overlapped relation with theend 8 overlying the end I and the latter end underlying the former endas shown by Figs. 5 and 6 respectively.

The angular ends I and 8 are then each stitched as at II to the mainlength or body of the girdle by a lap seaming operation to form andpresent the quadrilateral reinforcing panel indicated generally at I2and centrally located at the front of the girdle to overlie theabdominal region.

The panel 12 is defined by the lines of stitching H in the completedgirdle, and itwill beapparent that the panel is of double thickness andconsists of two quadrilateral areas, or sections 13 and M at oppositeends of the blank bounded by the angular ends 1 and 8 and broken linesindicated by l5 and Hi.

It is of importance that in the formation of the panel l2 in the abovemanner, the body 5 takes a substantially frusto conical shape wherebythe courses of elastic yarn at the back of the garment as illustrated inFig. 3 are substantially horizontal or concentric with the axis of thebody, but at the front of the latter resultant upon or responsive to theform of the body. the courses of elastic fabric at the front of thegirdle assume a downward sloping position and extend to and through thepanel l2 in downwardly disposed and opposite inclinations, see Figs. 1and 2.

Thus the courses of the elastic yarn 8 in each sectiono'f .the controlpanel IZ-are coextensive with the courses and the yarn in each portionof the front of the body 5 extending from the panel,

whereby inclination of the courses of elastic yarn in one position ofthe panels is disposed at an opposite inclination relatively to thecoursespof yarn in the other panel as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2.

body and oppositely inclined towards and across the panel at the frontof the body.

Accordingly, the principal direction of stretch of the elastic yarn ineach section of the control panel and. the sections as whole, is at,substan tially equal and opposite inclinations. 1

As viewed in Fig. 2 the direction of stretch of the panel sections isupwardly inclined towards the sides l7|8 of the girdle which has thedesirable object of imparting an upwardly and inwardly directed pull andpressure upon the underlying front of a Wearers body for figurecorrection purposes.

The top of the body 5 of the girdle has'a seamed peripheral band 19 v ofthe same material and conventional suspenderbands 2B are attached to thelower end of the body. Lines 2| define the limits of the back or rear ofthe girdle.

The opposite ends of the blankor pattern for a specified comprising abody composed of and formed by-a'single blank or length of two Waystretch fabric including; courses'of elasticyarn and having an integralfront panel of double thickness comprised of twoend sections of thethickness and the courses of elastic yarn are circumferentially disposedabout the back of the 3. A foundation garment as claimed in claim 2 andwherein the ends of the blank or length are shaped ,to compriseangularly related terminal portions, whereby the ends when overlappedcomprise a substantially quadrilateral panel.

4. A foundation garment according to claim 3 and wherein the angularlyrelated terminal portions of the overlapped sections of the panel aresecured to the body of fabric by lap seaming.

5. A foundation garment as claimed in claim 1 and wherein the ends ofthe blank or length are shaped to comprise Jangularly related terminalportions, whereby each end when overlapped defines two sides of asubstantially quadrilateral panel, the sides of. said quadrilateralbeing stitched to .the'immediately adjacent body along only twostitching lines each extending from top t bottom of the garment'andsecuring'an end of the blank to an. intermediate portion thereof.

BERNARD JOHNDOWD.

REFERENCES CITED 1 The followingreferences are of record i t file ofthis patentz 1 I NI ED i STATES Ea EN-Ts 7 Rago- Aug. 22, 1950

